Payroll mistakes cost UK businesses millions every year in fines, penalties, and reputational damage. For SMEs, just one error can lead to cashflow issues, employee disputes, and HMRC headaches.

Common Consequences of Poor Payroll

• Incorrect PAYE/NIC leading to HMRC penalties
• Misapplied holiday pay for variable hours
• Non-compliant RTI submissions
• Pension auto-enrolment breaches
• Loss of workforce trust

How to Protect Your Business

• Implement clear payroll cut-off processes
• Ensure real-time data accuracy between payroll and HR
• Carry out monthly HMRC account reconciliations
• Use payroll run audit trails
• Partner with a managed payroll provider

Harbour provides fully managed payroll, HMRC reconciliation, and compliant processing standards that remove risk and give owners confidence that everything is done right, every time.